Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Rodney Makes His Weekly Cameo On His Own Blog

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.     One of my first photos with my new phone was this ear shot for this post. I have my priorities. Progress Report Rodney and I can walk, trot, and canter at home with minimal flashes of anxiety on the part of horse orContinue reading “Rodney Makes His Weekly Cameo On His Own Blog”

Mood On Monday, Other Voices, A Dash of Hollandaise In The Cupcake

Thoughts   Last week, I gave my reasons for not adding my hand-wringing to the general conversation, “When you bite into a cupcake, you don’t want Hollandaise sauce.” [Mood On Monday, Venturing Out] Then, The Errant Moon reminded me that silence is not always a virtue. “Not saying something feels like complicity.” I don’t wantContinue reading “Mood On Monday, Other Voices, A Dash of Hollandaise In The Cupcake”

The Merhorse, An Exercise In Blue And Green, With Free Coloring PDFs

Celebrating Art     I Dream Horses: A Coloring Book for Everyone by Linda Dalziel (CreateSpace 2016) One of three free coloring pages offered via the book’s Facebook page @idreamhorses. Credit for the assist to BB. Process Notes. For this one, I picked the colors by eye. The result looks as if randomly I upendedContinue reading “The Merhorse, An Exercise In Blue And Green, With Free Coloring PDFs”

Show Today, Yet I Languish At Home, Is It The End Of An Era?

Adventures in Saddle Seat Enjoyed the ride     Show today. I am not there. [2013 photo, Report] Gasp. Sob. Sniffle. [2014 photo, Report] I have unfailingly attended the Mid-South Spring Premiere Horse Show every year since 2013. Usually with Sam [Progression, 2016, 2017, 2018]. Last year with Milton [Two Sides]. Have I wupped myContinue reading “Show Today, Yet I Languish At Home, Is It The End Of An Era?”

Outing Report, In Which I Venture To The Dentist

Thoughts   Since several of you were kind enough to ask about my great adventure, I thought I would give a detail accounting. Also to record the moment. Either we will reach a point when we no longer have to go through these gymnastics. In which case, we will forget what it was like. OrContinue reading “Outing Report, In Which I Venture To The Dentist”